Parasite behind toxoplasmosis hides multiple distinct subtypes inside each cyst

A University of California, Riverside team of scientists has found that Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite affecting up to ...
Seattle Times

Flesh-eating parasite with ‘sharp mouth hooks’ has U.S. on alert for first time since 1966

A recent detection of a flesh-eating parasite in southern Mexico has U.S. officials concerned that the previously eradicated New World Screwworm (NWS) could make its way back into the country for the ...
MassLive

Flesh-eating parasite with ‘sharp mouth hooks’ found in US after decades

For the first time in more than a century, a human case of a flesh-eating parasite has been reported in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The ...